Broadband Wireless World

2001
Achieving Success as a Broadband Wireless Service Provider:

Demand & Business Focused Progressive Network

Implementation Strategies
Gordon Moller
Vice President
Ceragon Networks, Inc.
gmoller@ceragon-us.com
www.ceragon.com

Presentation
Outline

Company Overview
Service Provider Challenges
Progressive Implementation Concept
Real World Network Examples
Employing Various Technologies
Wireless Gigabit Ethernet Advent
Conclusions

Our Business

Metropolitan Broadband Wireless Infrastructure

Broadband Transport and Access Networks
for

Internet, Voice, Data and Video

for

Service Providers & Enterprises:

ILECs, CLECs, ISPs, Private Networks, Mobile Telephony/Data

Company At-A-Glance
Established in 1996
Product Launch in 1998
IPO in August 2000, NASDAQ - CRNT
>300 Employees
Headquarters: Tel Aviv, Israel
New Jersey, USA
Birmingham, UK
Offices:
4 in USA, Mexico, Germany,
France, Spain
Customers:
54 in 23 Countries
OEMs:
Nortel, Siemens, Lucent

Next Generation
Infrastructure
Where We Fit
Residential/SOHO

IXC/Internet
Transport
Metropolitan
SONET, IP, or
ATM ring

Mobile

MDU

Medium/large
business
From Within the Core to the Curb:
High Capacity Infrastructure & Access

Last/First Mile
Options
800,000 commercial buildings in the US:
only 3 4% of those have fiber

Approximate
Building Size
(Sq. Ft.)

25k 50k

50k 180k

>180k

Mobile Wireless

Broadband

(128k 10Mbps)

PMP

Point-to-Point
Broadband Wireless

DSL/Cable

High Capacity
(>100Mbps)
Source: CSFB Research

High-Capacity Connectivity
Fiber

Next Generation Networks

Broadband
xDSL
Cable
WLL
PMP
High Capacity
Fiber
Wireless

128 Kbps 10 Mbps

Asymmetrical
Low deployments in business areas
Shared E1/ T1
Shared sector capacity
>100 Mbps+
Expensive, cumbersome to deploy
$150,000 per mile construction cost
Immediate same day service
Much lower installed cost per bit
Quick revenue generation
Easy to redeploy

Challenge: Connect a Variety of Applications to a

Variety of Legacy & Emerging NextGen Networks

Applications

Networks

Internet

?
Data

Video

?
?

IP

SONET/SDH
SONET/SDH
PSTN

?
Voice

Protocol Converters
Add/Drop Muxes
Media Translators
Aggregation Devices, etc.
= ? Cost & Space

ATM

Challenge: Multiple Global

Standards
Digital Formats & Frequency
Bands
North America
International
T1
E1/ETSI
Format
39 Format
GHz
38 GHz
28-31 GHz

LMDS/LMCS

24 GHz
23 GHz
18 GHz

LMDS?
26 GHz
23 GHz
22 GHz
18 GHz
15 GHz

Critical Challenges
Network Topology Flexibility Service Application, not
Hardware Technology, Should Dictate
Time to Market Capture Most Desirable Customers Quickly
Rapid Revenue Generation without Huge Initial Expenditures
Bandwidth & QOS You Can Never Have Enough
Ability to Cost Effectively Evolve and Scale Services
Compatibility with Existing/Impending Networks
Minimize Sunken Costs of Fixed, Unmovable Infrastructure
Lowest Possible Network Installed & Life Cycle Cost

Family

Global standard compliant

North America (FCC, Can.)
International (ETSI)
Japan (ARIB)

Frequency bands covered

18, 23, 24, 26
28, 29, & 31 LMDS/LMCS
38/39 GHz

High Capacity/Flexibility/Scalability
45, 155, 311, 622 Mbps
OC-3, OC-6, OC-12
N x 100baseT Fast Ethernet
N x DS3
Gigabit Ethernet

SONET, SDH, IP, ATM

Modular Architecture

Intelligent Network
Element
Fast
Ethernet

OC-3

Data
IP
Voice
SONET/SDH
Video

FibeAir
ATM

Internet

Modular Interface & Protocol Flexibility

System
Architecture
Physical Interfaces
Main Channel

Frequencies

Optical MM
Optical SM

38 GHz

Electrical CMI
UTP/STP

28, 29, 31 GHz (LMDS)

3 X DS3/E3

Capacities

Fast Ethernet + DS3/E3

2 x Fast Ethernet
Wayside/User Channel
T1
E1/G.703
V.24/RS.232
10 Base T
X.21

622 Mbps
311 Mbps
155 Mbps
45 Mbps

Scalable
Capacity &
Modular
Interface
Options
Architecture

26 GHz

23/24 GHz

18 GHz

Progressive
Implementation 1A

Business Park

Initial Off & On

Network Campus
Deployments
IXC/LEC/CAP Fiber

Progressive Implementation
1B

Business Park

SONET/SDH,
ATM or IP
Wireless Metro
Ring

Ring Network
Connectivity

IXC, LEC, CAP,

ISP Backbone Fiber

Progressive
Implementation - 2

Business Park

SONET/SDH,
ATM or IP
Wireless Metro
Ring

Access

ISP
Gateway

Network
Connectivity
VPN Connectivity
IXC, LEC, CAP,
ISP Backbone Fiber

Remote Company Site

Progressive
Implementation - 3
PMP

Backhaul

Wireless
PMP
Access

SONET/SDH,
ATM or IP
Wireless Metro
Ring

Business Park

Campus
DSL
Access

ISP
Gateway

Network Connectivity
VLAN/VPN Connectivity
Multipoint Interconnection
Building or Campus DSL,

Cable or Wireless Distribution

IXC, LEC, CAP,
ISP Backbone Fiber

Wireless
PMP
Access

In Building
DSL Access

Remote Company Site

Convergence of SONET & IP:

Fast Ethernet, Ethernet, & PSTN
Circuits

Wireless ISP Networks

26 GHz

Data Center

STM-1 Ring
Data Center
GSR12000

Router

Data Center

Data Center
GSR12000

Router

Router
Router

Relay

PTMP

Hong Kong

Router

OC-3

PTMP

Wireless ISP Networks

26 GHz

Hong Kong

Internet
Telephone
TV

Cable Modem

Wireless and Wireline SDH Rings

Fiber

26 GHz
38 GHz

Lisbon

E3
Access

PTMP

PTMP
STM-1
Access

PTMP
PTMP

Fiber
PTMP

Fiber

Switching Center
+ NMC

IP and SDH Network

18 GHz

Amsterdam

IP

PTMP

38 GHz
PTMP

IP

PTMP

PTMP

2x100 BaseT

IP

Router

IP
Router

STM-1 Ring

Router

155 Mpbs

Router

IP
PTMP

0.80 Km

m
4K

K
m

0.6
0.75 Km

m
6K

0.6
6K

0.6

m
8K

m
7K

0.6

0.6

0.71 Km

0.6
7K

0.7
0K

Km

5K

0.6
9

0. 6

4
0.7
0.7
0

m
0K

0.73 Km

0.80 Km

0.7

STM-1 Ring Paris

Single Channel & Single
Polarization

Ultra High Capacity

Systems

OC-6/STM-2
OC-12/STM-4
Gigabit

Ethernet

OC-12
Ring
Site A
ADM-4

Site G
Tributaries

STM-4/OC-12 Ring
622 Mbps
Site B

Site E
Site C

Dual Channel
Dual Polarization

Site F

Site D

STM-1

FibeAir 10000
Gigabit Ethernet
Radio
Wireless Extension of Gigabit Ethernet
Scalable, grow with demand system
Full Ethernet switch compatibility
Eliminates the need for external switches
when provisioning Fast Ethernet ports
Modular interface design
Access and Backbone solutions
Quick to deploy and cost effective

Gigabit Ethernet
Point-to-Point 1

FibeAir

Gigabit Ethernet

10000

0
15

ISP
Gigabit Ethernet

00
6

s
bp

N x FE Port
Provisioning
Switch

FibeAir
10000

Router

POP

Gigabit Ethernet
Implementation

SONET &
IP Ring

Access

ISP
Gateway

Private Network
IXC/LEC/CAP
Fiber

Data Center
ASP
Server Farm

Ceragon Customer Base Feb.

2001
Over 50 Customers

Argentina
Australia
Austria
Belgium
Brazil
Canada

Colombia
Czech Rep.
Denmark
Finland
France
Germany

In Over 20 Countries

Holland
Hong Kong
Iceland
Israel
Japan

Latvia
Mexico
Norway
Portugal
Slovakia

Spain
Sweden
US
UK

Unique Service Provider

Benefits:
Available Today, Globally
Proven
Scalable High Capacity
45Mbps to 622 Mbps, DS-3/E-3 to OC12/STM-4, & N x 100BaseT Fast Ethernet to Gigabit Ethernet

Flexibility of Interfaces & Bands Global Applicability: SONET/SDH,

DS-X/E-X, ATM, IP; 15 38 GHz north American & international bands

Topology Flexibility Rings, stars, cascade (daisy chain), 1+1, mesh

Seamless Network Connectivity Compatible with SONET/SDH,

ATM, & Next Generation IP global networks; PMP, DSL, cable, & optical
access technologies.

Progressive Implementation Immediate incremental revenue with

each link deployment, business grows with the network, not after

Easiest Install or Relocation Industry standard form factor &

minimal site requirements, small size & weights, generic installers =
quick & inexpensive installation

Future proof No sunken costs; easily scaled up/down or redeployed

Making Broadband Accessible Today!

Thank You
NASDAQ - CRNT

www.ceragon.com